Dial calendar



Oct. 15, 1946.

N. L. DOOTSON 2,409,347

DIAL CALENDAR Filed April 20. 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. M /nan A.pooh-0 1 ATTORNEY.

Oct. 15, 1946.

N. L. DooTsoN 2,409,347

D-IAL CALENDAR Filed April 20, 1942 2 She ets-Sheet 2 INVENTORQ ol-maw ZD00 18 1 m E Q 7 Patented Oct. 15, 1946 Norman L. Dootson,

San Francisco, Calif.

Application April 20, 1942, Serial No. 439,659 Claims. (01. 40113) Fig.1 is a front view of the calendar.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the calendar arranged to stand on adesk, and as viewed at an angle from the rear.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the main body blank of the calendar.

Fig. 4 is a front View of the revolvable day and month disk showndetached.

Fig. 5 is a detached view of the Fig. 6 is a detached friction plate ofthe calendar which when assembled is rigidly stapled to the rear side ofthe calendar face card, with the revolvable disk of Fig. 4 sandwichedbetween them.

is in that figure shown as doubled back along the scored line 5-4 and isitself died out or cut through along the solid lines 4 and 4' and scoredleg portion 1 extending from portion 3 and scored along its juncturetherewith as at 8, so that the leg porbent at line 8 to extendslantingly shown in Fig. 2, while the free end of the brace 6 is pointedas at 4 and cross scored as at 9 so that it may be bent upward from thebrace as shown in Fig. 2 and passed under the edge 10 of a cut outopening H) to lock the leg in outfolded position.

Face card 2 is generally circular as indicated by Fig. 3 of the drawingsand with its lower part straight as at H to form a wide front leg torest upon a desk when the calendar is stood up as in Fig. 2, though ifthe calendar is to be hung up on the wall an eye l2 formed in an upperextension I3 of the circular face card serves this purpose, and in whichcase the. leg portion and brace may be folded flat in back'of theface'card or torn off at the scored line 88. I

i The face card 2 is centrally apertured from its arcuate margin [4 asat IT, and the margin is figures 21 arranged on in both out out definedby a heavy colored or black line l5 which passe across the face of thefront leg portion H and the face card is notched out at opposite edgesabove the center of the card as shown at H! and the left notch isadditionally notched somewhat deeper at l8.

Positioned behind the face card is a day and month disk I9 pivotedthereto preferably by means of l a large hollow rivet or grommet 20.This disk I9 is of a diameter equal to the outer diameter M of the facecard and is likewise printed with a heavy colored or black line 2i toform a continuation of line I5 of the face card where the disk appearsin the cut outs l8.

Disk I9 is shown detached in Fig. 4 and from which it will be seen to beprinted around its outer margin with a circular row 22 of the days ofthe of the disk the successive in radial arrangement so toward thecenter of the disk, and'when in position back of the face card themonths successively appear through a vertical slot 25, just above whichis printedthe year 26 of the calendar. It should be noted that beforeJanuary is a December for the year preceding, and after December is aJanuary row the next year.

Printed on the face card 2 is an arcuate row of a circular arepreferably months 24 are printed that each month reads and scatteredalong which space upon the disk are occasional figures small notch 18for such months as have 31 days.

When the disk is in position, five days of its outer days of the weekrow 22 appear symmetrically notches l8 of the face card representing thefive first and five last days of the month, while the remaining days ofthe month appear from the inner day row 23 in a continuous circular rowthrough a emi-arouate cutout slot 23 along the inner edge of the arcuaterow 21 of days of the month. By this it will beseen that a continuousunbroken circular row of days of the month bordered along both the outeras well as the inner edge by circular rows (22 and 23) of days of the 3l which come within the figures (21) on a fixedface card is on the diskl9, and that one of these week names i upside down relative to theother.

A colored or black pointer 29 is pivoted by the rivet grommet 20 to theouter face of the card so that it can be manually turned to indicate thepresent day.

By looking at Fig. 1 which shows the assembled parts, it will be seenthat the revolvable disk forms a continuation of the face card circle l4and is easily manipulated through the open notches l8 by the fingers ofone hand spread across the back of the calendar (with a disk about 4inches in diameter) and that the blackened edge of the disk prevents itfrom becoming soiled. Also that the entire edge or margin of the facecard is similarly blackened or colored as at for the same purpose, as itmust be handled each day either to set the pointer or to set the monthand days, and it should be noted that notches l8 and slot 28 areseparated by a substantial area of the face card (equal to the width ofthe dark background upon which the days of the month figures 21 appear)so that no structural weakness results, as found in prior dial calendarsof this kind. The black grounds and margins of the parts as shown notonly protects them against soiling, but merges the parts into a unit sothat the separation of the disk and face card, and the cut out and opennotches cannot be seen in the assembled calendar as shown in Fig. 1.

It should also be noted that the arcuate row of days of the monthfigures 21 are light on a dark background or its equivalent to clearlystand out from the day week lanes at both sides of it. Also note thatthe Sundays in the day week rows are reversed or negative with respectto the other days so as to stand out.

Attention is also called to the fact that by arranging the names of themonths radially on the disk to be read through a vertical slot 25 thewhole name may be spelled out and yet brought within the circle of thedays of the month.

From a structural standpoint, attention is called to Fig. 2 wherein itwill be seen the revolvable disk is not only secured in place by thehollow pivot but that the backing card or plate 32 of Fig. 6 which iscircular for about two thirds of its lower part as at 33 is shaped atits upper portion 32 to substantially match the upper portion of theface card 2 and that this backing plate lies against the rear side ofthe disk Hi to be held by the same grommet or hollow rivet 20 while alsoprojecting above the disk and riveted to the face card as by a hollowrivet l2, or staple 35, while at the bottom this backing plate or cardis held snug against the disk by the upward overlapping of the innercorners 3' of member 3 which is itself stapled through to the face cardas by staples 34. Thus the disk is snugly held in place underconsiderable friction and cannot work out of contact.

Briefly summarized features of novelty include the following:

1. The cut out portions of the face card are separated by substantiallywide supports at all points. This strengthens the face of the calendar,and also allows the days of the month on the revolvable disk to appearin a continuous line curve, between the cut out section lanes, insteadof off set lanes as heretofore required.

2. The revolvable day dial or disk and its operating cut-outs do notprotrude beyond the arcu-. ate margin portion of the calendar; thecut-outs therefore serve a dual purpose, viz. (1) to reveal 9.-

part of the days of the week circle, and (2) as a turn grip.

3. A small additional cut out extending from the day of month lane onface card cooperates with revolvable disk member to show a 31 or a Blankfor the proper months (except February) for non leap years.

4. I provide 14 months printed on the revolvable disk instead of 12,allowing the calendar to be turned back one month at the start and aheadone month at the end of the year.

5. A pointer on this type of calendar for manually setting to thepresent day.

6. The months read vertically in a vertical slot near the center of theface card. This makes the calendar more compact, and saves cardboard.

'7. Dark background in month field and circular day of the month lanemakes calendar easier to set, as the months stand out as dial is turned,and the black margin of the revolvable disk prevents the edges fromshowing finger marks.

8. The turn back flap at base holds calendar together at lower part andincreases friction on revolving disk.

9. The back is provided with an extra backing card. This holds calendartogether at center and at top.

10. The improved construction of the folding cardboard leg which holdsthe face rigidly in inclined reading position.

The calendar dates are specially each year.

Having thus described my improved dial calendar what I claim is:

1. In a dial calendar of the character described, an outer face cardprovided with one only continuous substantially three-quadrant circulararcuate row of numerals spaced inwardly from the margin of the carddenoting the days of the month, a disk pivotally mounted at theunderside of the face card bearing two only concentrically spacedcircular rows of names of the days of the week in repetition, saidspaced circular rows of names of the days being of diameters to comerespectively just within and without said arcuate row of numerals,arcuate cut-out openings provided in said face card within and withoutsaid arcuate row of numerals, one of said cut-out 50 openings being asubstantially semi-circular slot aligned over the inner of said spacedcircular rows of names of the days and extending for more than half thecircumference of said arcuate row of numerals, and the other cut-outopenings comprising two open marginal notches extending arcuately frompoints substantially radially aligned with the ends of saidsemi-circular slot but aligned over the outer of said spaced circularrows of names of the days, so that said arcuate row of 60 numeralsextends unbroken between them.

2. In a structure as set out in claim 1 said two open marginal notchesformed to provide gripping spaces in the edge of the face card atsubstantially opposite points in its diameter for 65 manually turningsaid disk.

3. In a dial calendar as set out in claim 1 one of said two openmarginal notches provided with a portion extending radially into theface card within the diameter of said circular row of nu- 70 merals, andsaid disk carrying day of the month numerals on its face to align withsaid portion of-the notch to properly denote the correct number of daysfor some months.

'4. In a dial calendar, a face card, and a disk printed for pivotallymounted at the underside of the face 2,409,347 card, a backing card inback of said disk held in 5. In a dial calendar, a face card, and a diskplace by the pivotal mounting of the disk, said pivotally mounted at theunder side of the face face card and said backing card extendingoutcard, said face card extending beyond the disk Ward beyond the diskat an upper point and there at its lower edge and provided with anelongated secured together, a third card at the back of the 5 extensionfrom its lower edge folded back to oversaid third card. NORMAN L.DOOTSON.

